About Us

Our Mission Statement

“To contribute towards the promotion of rights and development of children and young people through information exchange, information documentation and information dissemination”

Our Vision Statement

“A social order where children are an integral part of the Family, Community or National life and their basic rights are upheld”

Our Story

CRIDOC Founder, George Kayange, setting up the first CRIDOC Library in Lilongwe

Child Rights Information and Documentation Centre (CRIDOC) is a non-profit making professional organisation, primarily concerned with creating access to information on child rights or related issues through Research, Documentation, ICT and other communication channels.

The Centre was founded as a documentation and ICT project on child rights issues in 2003 by a Malawian media intern, who was at the time working as a voluntary editor for the Child Labour News Service (CLNS), an on-line project run by Global March Against Child Labour in New Delhi, India. Author of children’s book on HIV & AIDS entitled “Gone for A Walk,” and currently a project management specialists based in Botswana, George was particularly inspired by the heart-rending true stories of exploitation of children and young people, featured on daily basis on the CLNS website, and sourced from various news agencies around the world, including Malawi. He was then inspired to establish CRIDOC back in Malawi.

Today, the Centre puts particular emphasis on the uniqueness of every child and young person, and the complexity of grappling with issues concerning their welfare in Malawi, especially in the face of the gruelling poverty, HIV/AIDS and orphanage, high illiteracy rates, child labour, juvenile justice, the plight of street children, and many other social ills affecting our children. As such, the Centre therefore takes a lead at providing information and awareness to children, NGO advocates, and researchers. The Centre respects the rights and dignity of children and all those concerned with their education and social welfare, and seeks to promote awareness on child rights issues through media, public relations, outreach programmes, seminars, conferences and other traditional and non-traditional modes of communication. It actively participates in advocacy networks at national and international levels.

About Us

CRIDOC’s aim is to provide tools that enhance information exchange, information documentation, & information dissemination related to rights of children and/or young people in Malawi.